Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) before the temporary coronavirus supplement was introduced, job seekers in Australia were forced to survive on $40 a day, and

  (ii) returning the Jobseeker Payment to the old rate of $40 a day will condemn unemployed Australians to poverty and will act as a barrier to employment,

(b) agrees with the Treasurer that we must ensure that Australia's social safety net is underpinned by a sense of decency and fairness; and

(c) calls on the Government to retain the new rate of Jobseeker Payment of $1115 a fortnight to ensure no one is forced to live in poverty.